Tracy Bowman is 17 years old. She has an older brother named Jamal who's a track star destined to run at Baylor University, a baby sister, and a beautiful protective mother. Tracy has her own column dedicated to racial justice in her school newspaper.Her friend Tasha always makes her laugh. She's considering dating her friend Dean. Tracy is a normal teenager, but she's dealt with something extraordinary painful, the wrongful conviction of her father.And then the same thing happens to her brother. When the u ...

[Music] [Applause] As I stand on this stage, give me one moment of your time. Take five seconds in your head and list the top three causes which seem the most urgent to you. The ones that feel the most pressing, the most immediate.Have you listed them. Good. Was racial justice on the list for you.What about climate justice or gender justice. And to that I acknowledge how important it is to recognize that there are social issues. There is oppression which needs to be addressed urgently.But I also recognize t ...